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UNITED STATES Patented June 21, 1904.

PAUL E. FERGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-CONTROLLED mAo'HlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent I 0. 763,040, dated June 21, 1904.

I Application filed August 22, 1901. Serial No. 72,895. (No model.)

To all whom tmftg/ concern,.-

Be it known that I, PAUL E. BERGER, a resi.

poses, more particularly to that class of coin controlled machines used for vending articles or material in different amounts for which the user of the machine pays through the medium of a coin or check of proper denomination.

The object of my invention is to provide an eflicient apparatus for vending goods, and in particular for vending granular materialsuch as peanuts, pop-corn, and the like-and, further, to provide a construction which may be conveniently operated by a proper coin or check, but in which the fraudulent manipulation of the device by means of bogus coins or by the repeated operation through the medium of a single coin is prevented.

The invention consists in the features of construction set forth in the following description, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. i

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig.

operating mechanism, parts being shown in elevation and parts :in cross-section. Fig. 9 is a detail View, in frontv elevation, of the operating mechanism, showing the coin-detector. Fig. 10 is a detail View, in longitudinal section, of the reciprocating carrier or measuring-valve. Fig. 11 is a detail plan view of the same.' Fig. 12 is a detail view, in horizontal section, of a part of the operating mechanism. Fig. 13 is a detail view, in front elevation, of a casting forming part of the apparatus.

The apparatus comprises an inclosing casing A, preferably formed of sheet metal and preferably rectangular in cross-section, with upwardly and inwardly inclined sides. A storage-chamber AB for the goods or material to be vended is provided inthe upper portion of the inclosing casing, the bottom of which is formed by the hopper secured in position to the sides of the casing A. The upper portion of the casing and the storage-chamber is closed by a hinged cover b2, having a suitable lock 15, through which the storagechamber may be replenished from time to time. The front of the storage-chamber is formed by a glazed openingl in the casing, by which the goods or material to be vended are displayed to View.l The front of the casing A is provided with an opening in its lower portion, which is closed by a plate a", preferably of cast metal, having at its lower edge an interlocking lug or lugs, as 17, and at its upper edge a lock 18, by which it is secured in position.' By removing the plate a the operating mechanism may be inspected and the accumulated coinsor checks removed from the apparatus.

The bperating mechanism is mounted in the lower portion of the casing A vbeneath the storage-chamber B upon a framework c'omprising the front and rear end vplates 19. and 20, connected together upon one side by the vertically-disposed plate 21 and at the other side by the horizontally-disposed flanged plate 22 and the guide-rods 23.k The parts of this frame, with the exception of the guide-rods 23, are all preferably-of cast metal, formed with suitable interlocking ribs, and secured together by screwsI or bolts.

The horizontal plate 22 is provided at its forward end with ,a downwardly-inclined' portion 24 preferably cast in piece therewith and forming the upper portion of the'deliverychute. rlhe inclined bottom of this chutesection projects through an opening in the frame-plate 19 and through a fiangedopening 2() in the front plate fr', as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. Over the flanged opening 2O is secured a piece 25, having a downwardly-in-- clined projecting bottom 26 and forming the lower portion of the delivery-chute. Sliding in guideways between the open front portion of the part and the flanged opening 2O is a thick glass plate 27, normally resting upon the inclined bottom 26 and having an operating stud or handle 28.

A measuring valve or carrier C is mounted to slide upon the guide-rods 23 and over the horizontally-disposed plate 22, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and in detail in Figs. 10 and 11. This measuring valve or carrier is open-ended, as shown, and normally communicates with the hopper b', (see Fig. 3,) but is movable to communicate with the chute in the forward part of the casing.v rlhe valve or carrier is provided with the rearwardly-projecting.top flange or shield c', which serves to close the opening of the hopper when the valve is drawn forward to communicate with the delivery-chute, and is also provided with the rearwardly-projecting side flange 02, having perforated ears 29, by which the valve is mounted upon the guide-rods 23. The rear wall c3 of the carrier C, having the rearwardly- `-projecting top and side flanges 30 and 31, is

adjustable, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, in

' order that the size of the measuring-valve may be adjusted in accordance with the denomination of the coin for which the apparatus is designed or in accordance with the market price of the commodity to be vended.

, To effect this adjustment, the side vflange 31 vof the wall c3 is provided with a longitudinal slot 32, and a headed vbolt 33, having at its outer end an adjustable thumb-nut 34, passes through the slot 32 and .through a'perforated nipple 35 on the side flange c2 of the valve or.

carrier. By this meansv the wall c3 may be adjusted back and forth and secured in any desired position. A plate 36 extends between the front plate 19 and the opening of the hopper b' and just above the path of the valve or carrier C, so .that the contents of the latter may not be jarred out into thev interior of the casing, but the entire contents thereof will pass through the delivery-chute.

A reciprocating actuating-shifter D is pivoted, as at 37, to the rear end of the side plate 21. The lshifter D is operatively connected to the valve or carrier C by means of a bellcrank lever d, pivoted, as at 38, to an offset near the lower edge of the side plate 21 and near the center thereof. The arms of the bell-crank are provided with slots at their ends, the lower one of which engages a pin Z2 on the shifter and the other of which engages a pin 04 upon an oset c5, connected to in Fig. 4, so that the shifter may be depressed without interfering with the offset to which the bell-crank rl is pivoted; rIhe forward end of the shifter projects through a longitudinal slot Z3 in the end and cover plates 19 and a to form an exterior operating-handle (Z4. The top and bottom edges of this slot serve as stops for limiting the throw of the movable parts, and a strongr coiled spring CZ, connected, as most clearly shown in Fig. 4, to the upper arm of the bell-crank d and to the side plate 21, serves to hold the parts in normal position, with the valve or carrier in communication with the hopper and with the handle rl* in engagement with the upper end of the slot d. A thin fiat plate CZ is mounted on the handle d4 to slide in guideways intermediate the end and cover plates 19 and a and serves to close the slot d3 whatever may be the position of the shifter and its handle, thereby preventing fraudulent manipulation of the operating mechanism through this slot.

A latch E for the shifter D is pivoted, as at 39, to the front plate 19 to swing in a plane at right angles to the plane of movement of the shifter, as most clearly shown in Fig. 5. The lower end of the latch is provided with a lug or abutment e, which in the normal position of the apparatus projects laterally beneath the lower edge of the shifter, so that the latter may not be depressed to its full extent to operate the valve o r carrier C; but in the normal position of the operating parts the lug e is spaced apart a short distance from the lower edge of the shifter, so as to permit of a slight initial movement thereof. Acoiled spring @2, attached to lugs 40 and 41, respectively, formed on the lower ends of the latch E and on the side plate 21, serves to hold the latch in its normal position to lock the shifter in the manner above described. The upper portion of the latch E is provided with a plate or flange e3, projecting rearwardly at right angles therefrom and preferably cast in piece therewith. A trip F for the latch is pivoted, as at 42, on the opposite side of the shifter and adjacent the normal position thereof to ears 43 on the outer face of the side plate 21. (See Figs. 3, 6, and 7.) The trip F is provided with a lateral projection f', which extends through a slot in an vupwardly-projecting portion (Z7 of the shifter D and in line with an opening e* in the rearwardly-projecting flange e3 of the latch E. The trip F is normally held in position with the projection f spaced a short distance apart from the flange or plate e3 and with a stop f2 on its lower end in engagement with the plate 21 by a counterweighted portion f, connected to or cast in piece with the trip at its lower end. (See Fig. 6.)

'The trip F is also provided at its lower end with a stud or lugff, having a beveled upper edge which projects laterally through an opening in the, side plate 21 into the path of the Shifter-D. As shown in Fig. 4, the stud f1 is IOO normally positioned close to the upwardlyinclined lower edge of the shifter D and nearer.

thc inserted coin between the projection f on" the trip F and the iiange or plate e3 on the latch E, so as to operatively connect these parts. The trip F is, howevernormally out of operative relation with the latch E, since the projection f is narrower than and in line with the opening l in the ange or plate e3. (See Fig. 6.) I

A coin-chute formed of a channeled section g and ay coverplate section g2, connected thereto,v is arranged to communicate with a coin-slot g3, formed 2in a boss g4 on an upwardly-projecting part of the end plate 19. The slot g3 is of the proper size to admit a coin of required denomination, and boss g4,

as shown in Fig. 3, projects through a circular opening in the front plate a. The chute is V-s'haped or bent laterally and edgewise to form an angle, (see Fig. 8,) and its lower end is arranged adjacent the vupper ends of the iiange e3 of the latch E and the upwardly-projecting part Z7 of the shifter D when in normal position, so as to deliver the inserted coin between these parts. The lower edge of the chute is cut away at its lower end, as at g5, and a magnet H is arranged with its poles projecting' in an inclined position beneath the opening thus formed. shown in Fig. 3, is mounted upon an upright 44, secured to the side plate 21. If a coin of propersize is placed in the machine, it will strike upon one portion of the magnet H and will 'be deiiected thereby between the parts e3 and Z7 and between the lugs 45 and 46, formed upon the flange orplate e3. A third lug, 47, is formed upon a casting J, and the coin rests, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8, upon the lugs 45 and 47 between the projection f' and the slot el' to operatively connect the trip F and the latch E. rlhe lug 46 yprojects laterally, as shown'in Fig. 7, to prevent the coin from rebounding out of this position. If, however, a bogus coin of iron or steel is inserted, it will strike against the magnet H and be deiiected thereby so as to drop outside of the lug 46 into the bottom of the casing, or if a coin or check smaller than the required size is inserted it will drop between the magnet H and the lug 46, which are spaced a proper distance apart, as shown in Fig. 8, to effect this result. Also if asecond coin is dropped into the machine it will strike against the coin first inserted and be deflected thereby over the projection 46 into the bottom of the casing. In

order to prevent a bogus coin of iron or steel sticking to the poles of the magnet H, and thus stop up the coin-chute, the upper one of such poles is partially insulated by a bent brass strip it', so that the attraction of the magnet will This magnet H, as.

pressed to its full extent.

only be sufficient to deflect the bogus coin in the manner previously described. vAs a further preeaution against coins or bogus cheeks smaller than the required size the lugs 45 and 47 are spaced apart a suiicient distance so that such a coin or check will drop between Athese lugs and through a eut-away portion 7" in the casting J into the bottom of the easing. As a precaution against bogus coins or checks of pasteboard or other iiexible'material the opening e* in the flange @Bis made sufleiently large so that when the. trip F is operated the projectionf' thereon will bend such a bogusA coin and push it through the opening e4 without effecting the disengagement of the lateh'E. In order to prevent a proper coin from being caught by the edges of the opening e* and to guide it to its proper place, a fiat spring-plate e5 is connected at its upper end to the inner face of the iiange or plate e3 and is provided with an offset portion projecting through the opening c4, so as to'be -flush with theouter face thereof, as shown in Fig. 6. By this means a proper coin will be guided to place;

but the plate e is of light springy material and easily deiiected and will not ofler suflicicnt resistance to prevent a disk of pasteboard or other flexible material from being bent and pushed through the opening, @4.

When the trip andlateh are thus operatively connceted by means of a coin, a slight initial movement of the shifter will operate the trip by engaging with the lug j"LA thereon and disengage the latch, so that the shifter may be depressed to its full extent. In order to prevent the repeated manipulation of the shifter when once thus unlocked, a rack-section K is provided uponthe upwardly-pro-- jecting portion Z7 and projects rearwardly to a slight extent, as shown in Fig. 4. The ratchet-teeth of this rack-section are, as shown, beveled in both directions. A pawl L for eoperating with the rack-section :is pivoted, as at 47, to the side plate 21, is nor.- mally held in a central position by a coiled spring Z', and is provided witha square dog Z2. As shown in Fig. 4, in the normal position of the shifter the rack-section K is above and out of engagement with the pawl L; but as soon as the shifter has been depressed to a slight extent the first tooth of the rack-section will depress the pawl L, and the downwardly.- projecting dog Z2 will engage withone set of faces of the ratchet-teeth, thus preventing a return movement of the shifter until de- When it is so depressed to its full extent, the pawl L will be disengaged from the ratchet-teeth and .will be returned to its normal central -position bythe spring l. -On the upstroke of the shifter the upper one of the ratchet-teeth will strike the pawlV L and deiieet it, so that the dog]2 will project upwardly. and engage with the opposite .set of faces of the ratchet-teeth, and thus prevent the return ofthe sliiftervun- IOO IIO

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til it has completed its upstrole, when the latch Ewill be returned by its spring @2te normal position to lock the shifter D and the pawl L will be disengaged from the rack-section K and returned to its normal central position by the spring l. This pawl-and-ratchet mechanism thus prevents the return ofthe shifter after an initial movement in either direction 'until it has completed its full stroke.

The portion of the shifter D and of its upright part or segment (Z7 which engages the lug f4 of the trip is provided with a recessed cam-surface (Z8, as shown in Fig. 7. When the shifter has been released, as previously described, and depressed through a part of its stroke, the recessed cam portion ZS will come opposite the lug fi and the trip F, together with its projcctionf', will be swung outwardly by its counterweight f". The latch E is meanwhile held in its deiected position by the engagement of the opposite side of the f and e* and will drop into the lower portion of the casting J, which is bent forwardly and downwardly to form a coin-chute, as most f clearly shown in the detail view, Fig. 13.

The casting J is connected to the rear face of the end plate 19, and its upper portion forms a casing about the operating parts, as shown in Fig. 7, so that the latch cannot be released by inserting a wire through the delivery-chute opening, while the lowercoinchute section thereof extendsdownwardly behind a glazed opening48 in the end plate 19. The lower end of the latch E is provided with a laterally-projecting lug e, which as the latch moves back and forth slides within a g1oovej2,fo1'med in the lower end of the chute, section ofthe casting J, and behind the glazed opening 48. Uien thecoin is released, as previously described, it will be directed by the chute-section of the casting J into the lower portion thereof and will rest behind the glazed opening 48` against a lug 49 on the casting J and upon the projection c of the latch E, which is held in its defieeted position by the engagement of the shifter D with the beveled lug e. When the parts are returned to normal position, the projection e will be withdrawn, the coin will drop and rest betweena lug50, formed upon the casting J, and the end of the projection c, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9. In this position it will be exposed to view through a circular opening 51 in the front plate c. The character of the coin used will thus be displayed to view and if of improper sort the fact will at once be detected and the fraud fastened upon the guilty party. At the next subsequent operation of the machine the projection e will be forced by the downward movement of the shifter D to the left in Fig. 9 and the coin previously used forced over the stud 50 into the bottom ofthe casing or into a suitable receptacle set to receive it. The coin used in such subsequent operation will fall upon the studv49 and the projection e and upon the upstroke of the shifter will fall, as previously described, between the stud 50 and the end of 'the projection 46, so that the character of each coin as it is used will be displayed through the opening 51 in the front plate a',

In order to prevent the repeated manipulation of the machine by means of a coin suspended upon a string or light wire, the upper coin-chute is provided with a transverse opening 52, and the trip F is provided with an upwardly-extending portion f5, having an inwardly-bent upper end provided with acurved knife-blade fl. The knife is arranged opposite or in line with the opening 52 and between thc supporting-lugs 53, connected to or cast in piece with the side of the coin-chute. As shown most clearly in Fig. 4, the opening 52 andthe knife-blade 56 extend above and below the lower edge of the coin-chute, so that as soon as the shifter is depressed and the trip F operated the knife-blade f will be projected through the chute and will sever any string or light wire to which the coin may be attached. The V-shaped formation of this coin-chute will prevent the manipulation of Y the device by a coin attached to a wire too heavy to be severed by the knife-blade ff.

The operation of the parts is as follows:

The measuring-valve or carrier is normally ,positioned beneath the hopper b of the storage-chamber B and will receive therefrom ythe amount of material for which the coin is to be paid. A coin of proper denomination is inserted through the coin-slot g3 and is directed, as previously described, between the flange e of the latch E and the projection f of the trip F, being supported in such position by the lugs 45 and 47. The trip F and the latch E will thus be operatively connected, which of course would not be the case unless a coin is inserted. The user of the machine will then depress the shifter D by means of the external handle di. At the lirst initial movement of the shifter its lower edge will engage the lug]L24 of the pivoted trip F, and the latter through the medium of the inserted coin will move the latch E against the tension of its spring @2, and thus remove the locking-lug e' on the latch from the path of movement of the shifter D. The handle CZ* may then be depressed to its full extent, and the carrier or measuring-valve C will be moved forward to communicate with the deliverychute, and its contents will fall into the chute behind the glass plate 27. Meanwhile the inserted coin has been released, and the pawl L has engaged with the rack-section K to prevent the return of the shifter until it has completed its stroke.

scends, as previously described, behind the glazed opening 48 and upon the projection e IOO IIO

The released coin deof the latch E. At the end of the stroke, as

previously described, the pawl L is disengaged from the ratchet K. When the user of the machine releases his grasp, the spring b will operate to return the shifter D and connected parts to normal position, with the carrier or measuring-valve C in communication with the hopper b', from which it will receive another charge of material. During the upstroke of the shifter the pawl L will engage the ratchetteeth K in the manner previously described to prevent the return of the shifter until it has completed its upstroke, when the latch E will be returned to its normal position, with its lug a below the lower edge of the shifter, by its spring e2. At the end ofthe upstroke the pawl L will disengage from the rack portion K, and the coin used will drop into posi- .ing 51 in the outer casing.

tion to be displayed to view through the open- The machine is then in condition for a subsequent manipulationthe coin which has been previously used being ejected from the projection e from the detecting device by such subsequent manipulation in the manner previously described. The manipulation ofw the machine by bogus coins of iron or steel, by those of small size,.

and by a coin attached to a string or wire is prevented in the manner already described.

It is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details of construction by the skilled mechanic without departure from the essentials of the invention.

AHaving -described my invention, what I1 coin-chute for delivering the inserted'coin intov position at rightl angles to the planeofmovement of and between saidrtrip and said latch to operatively connect these parts, lugs for supporting the coin. in such position so arrangedpthat the coin is pushed therefrom by the operation of said latch and trip and means forwithdrawing oneof said last-named parts to release the coin after a predetermined movement of the shifter.

2. In coin-controlled machines,an inclosing casing, a carrier, a pivoted spring-held shifter having an external handle andhaving connections with said carrier, a pivoted spring-held latch for said shifter, a pivoted trip for said latch,said trip and said latch arranged to swing at right angles to the plane of movement of said shifter, a coin-chute for delivering the inserted coin into position at right angles to the plane of movement of and between said trip and said latch to op arutively con neet these parts, lugs for supporting the coin in .such position from which the coin is vpushed by the operation of said trip and latch, .means on said shifter for moying said trip toward said latch by a slight initial movement of saidshifter and to move said trip away froln said latch to release the coin after a further movement thereof, and means for preventing the return movement of said shifter after such slight initial movement until it has completedits stroke. Y

3. In a coin-controlled machine, an inclosing casing. a carrier in said casing, a horizontally-disposed, pivoted, spring-held shifting lever having an external handle, operating` connections between said shifting lever and said carrier, a pivoted spring-held latch engaging the lower edge of said shifting lever, a pivoted trip for said latch, said trip and latch being arranged to swing in a plane at right angles to the movement of said shifting lever, a coin-chute for delivering the inserted coin between said shifter and rsaid latch, a fixed lug for supporting the coin in position from which the coin is pushed by the operation of said trip and latch and a cam on the side of said shifting lever arranged to move said trip toward said latch to release the latter through the medium of the coin after a slight initial movement of said lever, and to Withdraw said trip to release the coin after ya further movement thereof.

4C. In a coin-controlled machine, the combination with an inclosing casing, of a reciproeating shifter having an external operatinghandle, alatch for said shifter having a slot therein, a trip for said latch having a projection in line with said slot, said trip and latch swinginglin a plane at right anglesto the plane of movement of said shifter,.means for delivering the inserted coin into position at right angles to the plane of movement of said trip and said latch and -between said projection and said latch anda cam-surface on said shifter for engaging said trip, whereby the latter is moved 'in`one.- direction ,to disengage the latch and, in the opposite direction: to release the coin. Y

5. In a coin-controlled machine, an inclosing casing, a carrier, a sprlng-held plvoted shifter IOO having an external operating-handle, a springheld pivoted latch for locking said shifter, a pivoted trip for said latch, said trip and said latch being arranged to swing in a plane at right angles to the plane of movement of said shifter, a slotted flange on said latch arranged in a plane at right angles toits plane of movement, a projection on said vtrip narrower than and in line with said slot, a lug on said trip adapted to be engaged by said shifter to operate the trip by a slight initial movement of said shifter and a coin-chute arranged to deliver the inserted coin into position at right angles to the plane of movement of said trip and said latch, and between said flange and said projection.

6. In a coin-controlled machine, the combination with an inelosing casing, of a springheld pivoted shifter having an external operating-handle, a spring-held pivoted latch for locking said shifter mounted to swing in a plane at right angles to the plane of movement of said shifter and having a slotted projecting iiange, a pivoted trip for said latch having a projection narrower than and in line with -said slot, means for delivering the inserted coin into position at right angles to the plane of movement of said shifter and between said projection and said slotted flange, a lug on said trip, a cam-surface on said shifter for engaging said lug, whereby said trip is operated by a slight initial movement of the shifter to disengage said latch and by a further movement thereof torrelease the coin, and means for preventing the return movement of said shifter after such slight initial movement, until said shifter has completed its stroke.

7. In a coin-controlled machine, the combination with an inclosing easing, of an actuating-shifter having an external operating-handle, a latch for locking said shifter, a slot in said latch, a spring-plate normally closing said slot and a trip for said latch having a projection narrower than and in line with said slot, said shifter being arranged to operate said trip by a slight initial movement to disengage said latch.

8. In a coin-controlled machine, the combination with an inclosing easing, of a pair of coin-connected parts, one of said parts having a slot and the other of said parts having a projection narrower than and in line with said slot, a spring-plate normally closing said slot and means for delivering the inserted coin into position between said parts.

9. In a coin-controlled machine, an inclosing casing, a spring-held actuating-shifter having an external operating-handle, a spring-held latch for said shifter, a trip.for said latch normally out of operative relation therewith, a coin-chute for delivering the inserted coin into position b'etween said latch and said trip to,

operatively connect said parts, a support for holding the coin in position from which the coin is pushed by the operation of said latch and shifter, means on said shifter for moving said trip toward said latch after a slight initial movement of the shifter, a rack-section onsaid shifter and a pawl cooperating therewith to prevent the return movement of said shifter after such slight initial movement and until it has completed its stroke and means for retracting said trip before the shifter cornpletes its movement to release the coin from between the trip and said latch.

10. In a coin-controlled machine, the combination with an inclosing casing, of a pivoted spring-heldshifter, a pivoted spring-held latch for said shifter, a pivoted trip for said latch, said trip and said latch being arranged to swing in a plane at right angles to the movement of said shifter, a coin-chute for delivering the inserted coin into position at right angles to the plane of movement of said trip and said latch and between said parts, means on said shifter for operating said trip to disengage said latch after a slight initial movement of said shifter, a rack-section on said shifter and a spring-held pawl arranged to engage said rack-section after such slight initial movement of the shifter to prevent the return movement thereof until it has completed its stroke.

11. In a coin-controlled machine, an inclosing easing, an actuating-shifter having an external operating-handle, a latch for locking said shifter after such slight initial movement out of operative relation therewith, said latch and trip swinging in a plane at right angles to the plane of movement of said shifter, a coinchute for delivering the inserted coin into position at right angles to the plane of movement of and between said trip and latch to operatively connect these parts and a pair of lugs'spaced apart for supporting said coin in IOO such position, one of said lugs being fixed in position and the other mounted upon said latch, whereby the coin is pushed from said fixed lug by the operation of said trip and latch, said trip being arranged to be actuated in one direction by said shifter to release said latch and in the opposite direction to release the coin.

PAUL E. BERGER.

Witnesses:

ALBERTA ADAMICK, THOMAS R. FLACK. 

